How Harvard rules: reason in the service of empire

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A collection of essays on Harvard arranged in six sections. Three major themes pervade the book: the myth of Harvard's independence, the myth of Harvard as a liberal-left institution, and Harvard's contribution to ethno-centrism and the "superiority" of the West.

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Full title :How Harvard rules : reason in the service of empire / edited by John Trumpbour.

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Publication Date:©1989.

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Publisher(s):South End Press
Place of Publication:Boston, MA
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1989.

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Description:xii, 450 pages ; : 22 cm

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ISBN:0896082849, 9780896082847, 0896082830, 9780896082830
oclc:ocm19515607
LC Classification:LD2153
Dewey Decimal:378.744/4

Pt. 1. Introducing Harvard. Introducing Harvard: a social, philosophical and political profile -- How Harvard is ruled: administration and governance at the corporate university.

Pt. 2. Harvard and the state. Harvard, the cold war and the national security state -- Living with the bomb: the world according to Bok -- Jackboot liberals.

Pt. 3. Harvard, the corporations, and the community. The business-university revisited: industry and empire in crimson Cambridge -- Neighborhood bully: Harvard, the community and urban development -- A history of university labor struggles.

Pt. 4. Harvard science and pseudo-science. Blinding them with science: scientific ideologies in the ruling of the modern world -- The science of racism -- Sexism and sociobiology: for our own good and the good of the species -- Ideology in practice: the mismeasure of man.

Pt. 5. Education, ideology, and social control. "Cleaning house": hiring, tenure and dissent -- The tenure process and its invisible kingmaker -- Could Karl Marx teach economics in the United States? -- Uppity and out: A case study in the politics of faculty reappointment (and the limitations of grievance procedures) -- Minority and third wor…

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Aufsatzsammlung Business and education Business and education -- Case studies.… Business and education -- Massachusetts Case studies Employees -- Political activity Enseignement supérieur -- Études de cas… Enseignement supérieur -- Politique gou… Harvard University Harvard University Higher education and state Higher education and state -- Case stud… Higher education and state -- Massachus… History Industrie et éducation -- Cas, Études d… Industrie et éducation -- Études de cas… Massachusetts -- Cambridge Universities and colleges -- Faculty